畔 means “shore, bank, waterside”

はん · han

Also: paddy ridge, levee

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あぜ, くろ, ほとり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハン

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The story

A field (田) beside half (半): the line where one field ends and the next begins. 畔 is a bank or shore, the strip of land at the water's edge: 湖畔 is a lakeside, a favorite word of resort hotels, and 河畔 is a riverside.

Used in 湖畔 (kohan, lakeside) and 河畔 (kahan, riverside)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.